Desert Clouds

Desert Clouds is my latest painting of one of my favorite places -- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona.

There's just something about the namesake species of cactus that just grabs me. The organ pipe cactus plus the saguaros, in addition to the rugged mountains, are what the desert is all about.

Desert Clouds                                                 8" x 10" / 20cm x 25cm

 Sometimes I wish I could live there, although the torrid summer heat would probably kill me! And besides -- this is National Park land.

I expect this piece will be on my website soon, looking for a forever home.

Mark Junge

www.MarkJunge.com or www.SouthwestSpaces.com

Four Peaks

Four Peaks is the name of a mountain visible from the Superstition Mountains (and Lost Dutchman State Park) in Arizona. It, and the surrounding Sonoran Desert, was the subject of my latest painting entitled, simply, Four Peaks. A redtail hawk soars the morning skies, looking for tasty morsels to eat.

Four Peaks                    11" x 14" / 27.9cm x 35.6cm

(The mountain really does have four peaks, but only three of them are visible from this angle).

If Arizona had a wet winter, the Peaks can be covered in snow which can last into early spring, when wildflowers (such as the yellow-blossomed brittlebush) reach their peak time of glory.

Four Peaks and the Superstition Mountains are beautiful and iconic areas. I expect I'll be doing more paintings of these special places in the future.

Mark Junge

www.MarkJunge.com or www.SouthwestSpaces.com